Larry Cohen, president of Communications Workers of America participates in a Feb. 2010 House Judiciary Committee hearing on the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal.

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Larry Cohen

Ordinary Americans are facing hard times. Strange, isn't it, because the stock market is up, corporate profits are at a record high and the rich are getting richer.

But working people aren't sharing in this economic good news. In fact, it's just the opposite. Wages continue to stagnate. Workers haven't seen a real increase in wages for 40 years. We worry about finding a job, how to help our children go to college and whether we'll be able to retire.

We need economic justice in our country, and the only way we will get there is with all of us working together in new ways. ...